Northwood Maple

Acer rubrum 'Northwood'

» Zone: 3-8

» Height: 50'

» Spread: 35'

» Sunlight: Full sun

» Shape: Round, oval

» Foliage: Dark green

» Fall Foliage: Bright orange-red

Description:


The 1994 "Leon Snyder Plant of the Year", this selection from northern Minnesota, and released by the University of Minnesota in 1980, has a rounded to oval crown with branches that ascend at approximately a 45 degree angle. Optimum growth, as with all red maples, will occur in moist, slightly acidic soil.